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Andy O'Brien

@spadge.bsky.social
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Originally from Scotland. I'm a guest in Aotearoa, who works in public service. I try to do IT Security stuff. He/Him.🏳️‍⚧️Ally.

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 20h
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The dog shot the possum?
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Darth Vader: Most Impressive
Alt: Darth Vader: Most Impressive
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 10h
Oh dear, this is awful. A heady mix of ill-informed and untrue. Let's have a quick run through the lowlights... First, when we do get some articles about the rest of the balance sheet, Brucey? Govt's *positive* net financial worth? Business debt? Household debt? No? Why? [🧵1/n]
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12h
Star Wars Galactic Racer combines my two favourite elements of racing games: crashing into things and losing
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MetService NZ @metservice.com · 14h
We're all cloud fans here, and theres nothing better than staring at satellite images of the clouds blanketing the country. But sometimes something stares back at you...
A quasi quasimodo looking face in the clouds, with a speckled nose and a vaugely excited expressionA face in the clouds with long flame-like eyes, and an expression that lies somewhere between rage and that feeling when your friend just made a really bad jokeA face in the clouds, with the look of someone who doesnt quite understand whats going on but is just happy to be hereA face in the clouds, looking like an alien that is just slightly too friendly and doesnt realise yet.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 22h
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social · 12h
If you ever get to visit Berlin, the GDR and the Stasi museums are well worth a visit. The GDR museum is more gentle. The Stasi museum doesn't hold back any punches, much like the Wall museum, and the Holocaust memorial.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16h
Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, and while his kids "negotiate" a Ukrainian peace deal, he's paying Putin to breach sanctions. Hegseth is live-streaming an execution by firing squad, and gave the UFC a binding contract to train the US military in hand to hand combat.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 16h
Putin has bought Trump with Russian diesel. Just before the US elections. Meanwhile, Russia keeps killing our children while they sleep at night. So Americans are now funding Russia’s war machine? I’m sorry, guys, but WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE.
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Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social · 15h
Last chance to have your name on your badge! Double check you’ve grabbed your ticket and entered your handle (name) by the end of this weekend (Sunday 11th Oct). events.humanitix.com/kawaiicon-4/...
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Kawaiicon is one of the myriad technical computer security conferences in the Australia-Pacific region, and certainly the most adorable.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h
going from defending ukraine against russia’s unprovoked war of aggression to directly funding the russian war machine what an abject disgrace
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 21h
No doubt Putin will join Netanyahu in applauding this latest attack on the rule of law by the Trump regime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US imposes new sanctions on international criminal court
Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 19h
Ah yes. Remember when we had plans to do something good?
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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
;-)
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The Register @theregister.com · 19h
AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
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AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 19h
After reading the news about today’s call between trump and putin, I want to show you this sculpture INDIFFERENCE THAT KILLS Yurii Myrko Ceramics, artist’s own technique
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 19h
Would have thought she could afford a chair by now
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/10/2026
For the sake of our own security, we must pursue EU membership. "But it is not Lesvure, or Merz or even Burnham who is propelling the UK back into the EU, but the efforts of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump that are making the case for a stronger united Europe that can protect its own interests."
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What the grotesque ‘naked Trump’ statue tells us about the UK’s future back in Europe
Andy Burnham’s state visit to Berlin comes at a moment when Europe – now outwardly disapproving of the US – is more open
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
US live streaming firing squad executions @theageaustralia.bsky.social www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
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Amorimcartoons! @amorimcartoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#NobelPeacePrize
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 19h
*getting arrested and put on trial* “I never signed up for this!”
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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This government fucking hates scientists.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
If you’re wondering who exactly Trump and Republicans are looking out for…it’s probably not you. (@itep.org) itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-o…
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Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social · 19h
In today’s Weekend Herald
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 22h
“We know that’s what our parents will be doing now we’re gone,” agreed all the freshers. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Biker "Cash Bazooka" Chiwi @bikerchiwi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is not an isolated incident. All across the public service we are going to see more cuts in service and more job losses. Because these fuckwits wants road and tax breaks for their mates. Everywhere in our org, people are cutting costs left right and centre. #nzpol
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Joe Scaramangaaaarrrggghhh!!! @joescaramanga.co.uk · 09/10/2026
Going through some old stuff and found this.
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Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Totally not surprised.
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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I wrote the chapter about the “abrutisation” of the world in my last book I did not imagine that in a couple of months America will organise a *public execution*. What a depraved way to prove beyond any doubt that USA is leading the decline of the West and the end of civility and humanity.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On the day he is a main candidate in a very important by-election, Facebook has *suspended* Zack Polanski’s account. This ON ITS OWN should be reason to vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras. This is foreign interference in British democracy. And guess what, the media (and Labour) is silent.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump likes Vladimir Putin because he admires him. That is why he is turning the U.S. into a Russia-style authoritarian kleptocracy.
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Sallymander 🦎 @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is one of those horrors where I would really like to see Aotearoa and other countries stepping up to condemn this. Livestreaming military executions is so far outside the bounds of acceptable conduct for countries in shared military alliances. It warrants public comment from Peters or Luxon.
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Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 09/10/2026
The previous Labour Govt dropped a bunch of speed limits. The NACT Govt reversed the changes, did two rounds of consultation, and ended up reinstating the original Labour govt changes. Great use of resources. Glad we're not wasting time or money on idealogical farts. #nzpol
Text from an email, reads: "Kia ora
New lower speed limits will in place in the following locations in Northland.

SH1 Moerewa to Kawakawa - 80km/h  from 12/10/2026
SH10 Kaingaroa north - 80km/h from 14/10/2026
SH10 Kaingaroa south - 80km/h  from 15/10/2026
SH12 Opononi north - 60km/h from 13/10/2026"
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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 09/10/2026
Best best news! The pūtangitangi babies have arrived! Ngaire and Lefty are very proud parents, chicks are bold but well behaved little dudes and dudettes. 9x dear little stripeys. #nzbirds They've still got their egg teeth and they were still all eggy scented when we met them this morning 🥹🥹🥹
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Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Did he actually turn up, or did he do a Farage?
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Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Party vote:Green. Electorate: Lab (Same as a couple of good folks above)
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose six trials in the same Mississippi murder case became a national symbol of racial bias in jury selection, leading the Supreme Court to reverse his capital conviction in 2019, died at home this week in Winona, Miss. He was 56. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Tom @kiwiteej.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ok, now do the ocean
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reminder that this will probably be an objectionable publication in Aotearoa (and other civilised countries), and any murder-porn fetishist who watches it here could face 14 years in jail.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 08/10/2026
The future as imagined by men lacking the vital spark, who see no value in others' lives, who cannot envision the internalities of anyone unlike them, and who truly believe that everyone wants life to be an endless parade of flattery and yes-men just as they do.
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pardon my cynicism, but why do I doubt the pay-per-view murder of scary looking brown man is going to attract anywhere near the same level of outrage as the botched poisoning of a photogenic, vaguely sympathetic white woman a few days back?
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026
And so, in the context of financial capitalism and its profit pressures, it can seem to men like this that their time is better spent building a device to replace the care work that women are asking of them, than committing long term to doing more of that work themselves.
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My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment.
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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Kent Tayler @taylertoons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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